We are currently recruiting for IT Loan Pricing Analysis SME who must have deep knowledge and skills in these areas, and is able to work in the Federal Financing Bank. SME will play a keep function of data analysis, the development of pricing models, and the provision of insight in decision-making which is related to the origin and management of loans. The desired applicant must be a graduate of financial analysis and IT systems, data analytics with special attention to the tools of loan pricing and the practices of the financial instruments.
Responsibilities:
- Responding to LMCS/MCLS help desk issues, writing up defects, providing development, and testing of modifications.
- Responding to general application maintenance support tasks are required on an as needed basis.
- Shall provide Java application coding and development support required to provide functionality for the LMCS and MCLS system; this work will be directed and defined by LMCS and MCLS Backlog.
- The prioritization of any development or coding effort and the addition or removal of items from the LMCS and MCLS Backlog will be communicated to the Contractor by the FFB Project Manager.
- Specific engineering assignments will be communicated to the Contractor Project Manager and will correspond with JIRA tickets and the LMCS and MCLS Backlog.
- Each development effort shall include detailed written requirements, requirements walkthrough, a coding period, test case development, a code walk through with an FFB IT representative, demonstration of resulting LMCS and MCLS changes, and user acceptance of changes.
- Migrating new code to the code repository library to facilitate new production releases and change control processing.
- Any new development or code that will affect user screens must follow existing provisions for Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. The Contractor will be required to perform testing in accordance with Section 508 and issue reports to the government, as needed, evidencing the successful completion of testing.
- The Contractor shall maintain Agile Project Management and Document Collaboration tool and associated workflows to manage and track change requests, artifacts from the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from various projects, deliverables, and other LMCS and MCLS maintenance and development tasks as directed by the government.
- The Contractor shall be responsible for monitoring and updating the status of change requests in the Agile Project Management and Document Collaboration tool to keep all change request information current.
- Change control processing will be accommodated through the Government’s prioritization of the LMCS and MCLS Backlog. Any requirement changes that occur through the course of performance that impact LMCS or MCLS applications will be considered either a defect or enhancement and will be added to the backlog by the FFB Project Manager.
- The candidate shall work with and seek the Government’s approval on the scheduling and manner of any migrations of new development into production.
- Provide backup support for the daily Oracle production database export process and provide for the import of backup data to the lower environments. All environments are housed in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and require knowledge and expertise with AWS.
- Validate and install security-relevant application software updates and patches in a timely manner.
- Ensure daily maintenance of the Subversion source code repository, and ensure general software patching and maintenance for systems supporting LMCS and MCLS.
- Transfer all code and work products developed as a result of this Task Order to the FFB’s code repository environment (FFB’s Subversion) at regular intervals to be determined in consultation with the FFB.
- Ensure certificate monitoring, renewal and reconciliation, and maintenance of servers in the FFB infrastructure.
- Deliver to the government technical documentation that accurately describes the business logic of the loan pricing models currently coded into the LMCS software; this documentation shall explain in detail the mathematical logic of the pricing algorithms using narrative text, mathematical expressions, code references, and visual aids such that new programmers and mathematicians can understand how the pricing algorithms work primarily by reading this technical documentation.
Experience:
- Must possess a graduate degree (master’s degree or higher) from an accredited university or college in a discipline related to Mathematics, Physics, Actuarial Science, Finance, Financial Engineering, Economics, Computer Science or a related field.
- Must possess a minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience performing technical and quantitative functions in finance, economics, mathematics, programming, or a related field, including relevant experience that can be applied to understanding the financial and mathematical logic of this requirement.
- Must possess demonstrated ability to read the programming language Java or a similar programming language, such as a Java virtual machine (JVM) language. This experience ideally should include some software design and development experience.
Requirements:
- The position is onsite: Federal Financing Bank at Washington, DC
- We work with government entities and as part of the onboarding process is the signing of a letter of intent by the candidate.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $140,916.00 - $145,916.00 per year
Benefits:
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to Commute:
- Washington, DC (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Washington, DC: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person